Saturday 22nd June

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Hello Canberra,

⛅️ Weather: 13° and mostly sunny. -2° tonight with a frost tomorrow.

📆 Today: It’s Saturday 22nd June.

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On Now: 📸 National Photographic Portrait Prize

The 2024 National Photographic Portrait Prize is currently on display at the National Portrait Gallery. Works from 34 emerging and established artists offer a visual snapshot of life in Australia over the past year. The exhibition opens today and runs until October.

Also exhibiting now at the Portrait Gallery is the Darling Portrait Prize. A single ticket will get you into both exhibitions. Details here.

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Today: 🥡 Forage Street Food Festival

There will be over 35 stalls at the Forage Street Food Festival happening at the Acton Waterfront today from 12pm to 7pm. Details here.

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Sunday: 👗 Three Sixty Fashion Festival

A vintage and second-hand fashion festival will be held at the Fitters Workshop in Kingston on Sunday. Discover a huge range of pre-loved clothing, shoes, boots, bags, jewellery and accessories. Entry is free. Details here.

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News: 🥶 Record Number of Participants in Nude Swim

A record 399 people participated in this year's annual winter solstice nude swim in Lake Burley Griffin. $67,000 was raised for Lifeline Canberra. More.

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New Eats: 🧋 Xing Fu Tang

Xing Fu Tang is the most popular bubble tea chain in Taiwan. They're known for their handmade brown sugar boba. The first Xing Fu Tang store in Canberra opened Wednesday in the Canberra Centre. Details here.

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Comedy: 🤣 Mike Goldstein

Fresh off another season of The Hundred with Andy Lee, Mike Goldstein is bringing his comedy show to Canberra. He'll be performing at Fun Time Pony tonight. Details here.

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Stage: 🎭 Crime and Punishment

Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment is now on at The Street Theatre. This is a taut, thrilling adaptation that compresses the novel into 90 minutes of theatre. It runs until the 7th of July. Details here.

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Sport: Raiders are Las Vegas Bound

The Canberra Raiders will be one of the four teams playing in the Las Vegas NRL opening round in 2025. The team should be popular in the city as Las Vegas is home to the Raiders NFL team.

The Raiders have also announced the signing of three former NSW under 19s Origin stars. Ethan Sanders, Myles Martin and Savelio Tamale will join the side for the 2025 season. More.

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This Weekend in Canberra

You can find more things to do in the rundown of weekend events here.

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Classifieds

Vinyl records sale: Private collection of 15 crates, music from 1930s-1980s, both new re-issues & used, original LPs of 1970s/1980s at fair, decent prices. Jazz, Blues, Soul, RnB, Funk, Pop/Rock. Eftpos: All Cards=Ok.

You'll find the record sale at The German Market: This Sunday, 23 June, From 9am to 1pm, At Harmonie German Club, 49 Jerrabomberra Avenue, Narrabundah. The Records Sale is indoors at the rear right of the club. Enquiries: Julian Gilchrist: [email protected]

Classifieds support Canberra Digest. Book yours here.

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Tidbits:

OzHairAndBeauty Opening: The first OzHairAndBeauty store is opening in Canberra at The Canberra Centre today. The first 100 shoppers will get $20 off. More.

Little Oak Sanctuary BBQ: After Bunnings cancelled the vegan-only sausage sizzle being run by Little Oak Sanctuary, they've relocated to Dickson Shops. It's happening tomorrow. More.